Child Brides by itspaigemc https://padlet.com/pgmc123/t6kpxxmfg8yr Paige McIntosh en-us 2016-11-30 05:34:40 UTC 2025-04-24 12:41:37 UTC hello@padlet.com Child Marriage Around The World (Developing Countries) pgmc123 https://padlet.com/pgmc123/t6kpxxmfg8yr/wish/140400049
  •  1/3 of girls are married before the age of 18  
  • 1 in 9 are married before the age of 15.
  • 70 million women ages 20-24  had been married before the age of 18 in 2012.
  • If present trends continue, 150 million girls will be married before their 18th birthday over the next decade. That’s an average of 15 million girls each year.
  • South Asia has the argest number of child brides because of its population size.
    • (This is a pie chart of the countries that have the highest child marriage rates around the world)

    ]]>     2016-11-29 04:15:00 UTC https://padlet.com/pgmc123/t6kpxxmfg8yr/wish/140400049     Poverty and Child Marriage pgmc123 https://padlet.com/pgmc123/t6kpxxmfg8yr/wish/140401128
  • Girls that come from poor families are twice as likley to get married under the age of 18 in comparison to girls that come from wealthy households. 
  • In Bangladesh, Niger, Mozambique & Mali, more than half of the girls in r are married before age 18. In these countries, more than 75% of people live on less than $2 a day.
    • (Poverty is one of the major facotrs that contribute to child marriages. Marriage is often seen as a "way out" of poverty)
    ]]>     2016-11-29 04:34:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pgmc123/t6kpxxmfg8yr/wish/140401128     What is Child Marriage? pgmc123 https://padlet.com/pgmc123/t6kpxxmfg8yr/wish/140697042 "CHILD MARRIAGE IS ANY FORMAL MARRIAGE OR INFORMAL UNION WHERE ONE OR BOTH OF THE PARTIES ARE UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE." -
    (This website has information about everything you need to know about child marriages. It is a great resource for ways you can help with this global problem)    ]]>     2016-11-30 01:17:46 UTC https://padlet.com/pgmc123/t6kpxxmfg8yr/wish/140697042     Why does Child Marriage Happen? pgmc123 https://padlet.com/pgmc123/t6kpxxmfg8yr/wish/140706498
  • The root of child marriage in gender inequality &the belief that girls and women are seen as inferior to boys and men.

    • The major factors that fuel child marriage  poverty, lack of education, cultural practices, and insecurity.
    (They are a lot of factors that contribute to child marriage but these are the most significant factors)


    ]]>     2016-11-30 03:13:02 UTC https://padlet.com/pgmc123/t6kpxxmfg8yr/wish/140706498     Child Marriage Factors pgmc123 https://padlet.com/pgmc123/t6kpxxmfg8yr/wish/140707318 This Poster shows the major contributors that fuel the problem of child marriage. It gives detaled information about how each factor contributes to the problem)]]> 2016-11-30 03:23:44 UTC https://padlet.com/pgmc123/t6kpxxmfg8yr/wish/140707318 Lack of education Child marriage pgmc123 https://padlet.com/pgmc123/t6kpxxmfg8yr/wish/140707753
  • The higher the level of education girls have theless likely to marry as children. 
  • 60% of girls in Mozambique that have no education before 18.
  • In comparison 10 % of girls with secondary schooling and less than 1% of girls with higher education.
  • Providing education to adolescent girls is a critical factor in increasing the age of marriage in numerous developing countries such as Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Thailand.
    • (Education is an important factor in preventing

    ]]>     2016-11-30 03:30:38 UTC https://padlet.com/pgmc123/t6kpxxmfg8yr/wish/140707753     Too Young To Wed pgmc123 https://padlet.com/pgmc123/t6kpxxmfg8yr/wish/140710028 This video goes in-depth about young girls being forced into marriage.]]> 2016-11-30 04:05:37 UTC https://padlet.com/pgmc123/t6kpxxmfg8yr/wish/140710028 Lebanese Child Marriage pgmc123 https://padlet.com/pgmc123/t6kpxxmfg8yr/wish/140711522 2016-11-30 04:29:26 UTC https://padlet.com/pgmc123/t6kpxxmfg8yr/wish/140711522 Social Experiment pgmc123 https://padlet.com/pgmc123/t6kpxxmfg8yr/wish/140712506 This video is a social experiment that took place in New York. As you can see, in North America child brides are shunned upon and seen as wrong.]]> 2016-11-30 04:52:35 UTC https://padlet.com/pgmc123/t6kpxxmfg8yr/wish/140712506 Child Marriage in North America pgmc123 https://padlet.com/pgmc123/t6kpxxmfg8yr/wish/140712576 In Canada nobody under the age of 16 is allowed to get married.It is illegal and  a crime to take a child  under 16 years old out of Canada for the purpose of a marriage in another country, even if they have that persons consent
    (As you can see, child marriage is seen in opposites perspectives in developing countries vs North America. It is legal in devolping countries but illegal in Canada) ]]>     2016-11-30 04:54:18 UTC https://padlet.com/pgmc123/t6kpxxmfg8yr/wish/140712576     Unicef Video pgmc123 https://padlet.com/pgmc123/t6kpxxmfg8yr/wish/140712848 This is a Unicef video to raise awarness of child marriages in developing countries.]]> 2016-11-30 05:00:02 UTC https://padlet.com/pgmc123/t6kpxxmfg8yr/wish/140712848 Dissusion Questions/ Smart Art/ References pgmc123 https://padlet.com/pgmc123/t6kpxxmfg8yr/wish/140714209 2016-11-30 05:29:52 UTC https://padlet.com/pgmc123/t6kpxxmfg8yr/wish/140714209 SAY NO TO CHILD MARRIAGE pgmc123 https://padlet.com/pgmc123/t6kpxxmfg8yr/wish/140714776 2016-11-30 05:40:15 UTC https://padlet.com/pgmc123/t6kpxxmfg8yr/wish/140714776 39,000 girls become child brides and are married to men that are way older than they are pgmc123 https://padlet.com/pgmc123/t6kpxxmfg8yr/wish/140714826 2016-11-30 05:41:27 UTC https://padlet.com/pgmc123/t6kpxxmfg8yr/wish/140714826